Illal Creek FSR

Cascades Natural Resource District
Road Details
Location
Length 2.87km
Condition
0km to 2.9 km (Last update 75d)
Heavily Degraded
Owner
Closures No Posted Closures
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Road Description

Access for Coquihalla, Jim Kelly & Illal Mountains

Road Bulletins
Heath Anderson reported on: Aug 26, 2024
49.53148° N, 120.97103° W The road is starting to slide down into the river here. Very narrow and off camber but I didn't notice it being particularly loose.
49.52979° N, 120.97539° W Washout here. Should be fine with a HC 4x4.
49.53227° N, 120.98588° W The biggest washout here. I think this would stop most if not all HC 4x4s. The rocks on the left were quite large and in the way.
49.53129° N, 120.96886° W Much of the first half of the road is like this.
Very start of the road. A good example of what lies ahead.
This road has significantly become worse since the time of Seans report. The alder has grown in over the road a lot and the road would be a slow drive even in a HC 4x4. A couple washouts to navigate Water has been running down the road for a lot of the first half eroding one side. You could shave off a couple KMs driving to the last washout. However, the driving would be so slow and harsh on your vehicle I think it was easier and faster walking in from the Tulameen FSR as we did.
Mark Demers reported on: Jul 13, 2024
Same issues seen as in the report from last year but with another year's worth of degradation. Considerable increase in alder growth right from the start.
Sean Caulfield reported on: Jul 29, 2023
I parked 650m up the road, not knowing the mudslide just ahead had been made passable.
Minor mudslide at 650m passable by any vehicle with half decent clearance (crossover should be ok). Major washout at KM1 - steep rocky creek at a sharp bend, needs high clearance for sure & short wheelbase preferred. Skid plates & rock sliders also advisable. Washout at KM2 even more difficult, would need some work to get any vehicle through. Good turnaround/parking areas at 650m and 1km. Felt it was worth driving up the road to shorten hike into Illal Meadows, road is starting to get overgrown but alders weren't very scratchy (yet). If you don't want to take a vehicle up this road then it would be easy biking & there's thick bush to hide/stash bikes around the clearing at KM3. Road (trail) not suitable for biking past this but easy hiking.